5'1" flyweight Susianna
"Susi" Kentikian was born
Syuzanna Levonovna Kentikyanon September 11, 1987
in Jerevan, Armenia and fights out of Hamburg, Germany.

She went to Germany with her family in 1996,
seeking
asylum from the civil war in Armenia, under constant threat of
expulsion. More
than once the family was dragged out of bed by the German police in the
middle of the
night and transported to the airport for deportation. Fortunately
actual
expulsion was avoided through the intervention, of among others,
Susianna's
boxing trainer Frank Rieth.

Kentikian first encountered boxing when she
accompanied her brother Mikael to a boxing club. Not content just to
watch him
train, Susi learned to box herself and won the Hamburg Championships
for
juniors from 2001 to 2004, as well as several North German amateur
championships.

She won a gold medal in the featherweight division
at the 2004 International German Women's Amateur Championships by
beating
Tasheena Bugar 27-19 in the semi-final and Alessandra Sieber by 27-5 in
the
final. She was also named best technical boxer in the junior
division at
these championships.

As
an amateur, Susianna had been restricted to boxing in Hamburg by her
family's status as asylum
seekers. She turned pro so that her boxing income could be considered
as a factor in obtaining a residence permit. Her final record
in
the amateurs was an
impressive 24-1-0.

On January 15, 2005 at
Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
Susianna (112 lbs) won her pro debut with a four-round unanimous
(40-36) decision over
Iliana Boneva (5'3", 112½ lbs) of Bulgaria.

On February 26, 2005 at Color
Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany
Susianna (115¾ lbs) knocked out Debbie Lohmaier Paterok (5' 0½", 115¾
lbs) of
Oldenburg, Germany with a hard punch to the head at 1:25 in the first
round of a scheduled four-rounder. Lohmaier, who had not fought in
almost three
years, fell to 1-4-0 (0 KOs) with the loss

On
March 25, 2005 at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany
Susianna (114¾ lbs) TKO'd Lucie Hornakova (114¼ lbs) of Košice,
Slovakia
at 0:37 into the
first round of a scheduled four-rounder (see photo). Hornakova fell to
0-2 with
the loss.

On May 7, 2006 at the
Volkswagenhalle in Braunschweig, Germany, Susianna (107¾ lbs) TKO'd
debut fighter Juliia Vlasenko (104¾ lbs) of Slovakia in the third round
of a scheduled
four-rounder. The bout was stopped when Vlasenko turned her back on
Kentikian
after taking a combination.

On June 4, 2006 at Ballhaus,
Aschersleben, Staßfurt, Germany
Susianna TKO'd pro debut fighter Albena Atseva of Sofia, Bulgaria at
1:33 in the second round of a scheduled six-rounder.

On July 2, 2005 in Hamburg,
Germany,
Susianna (108 lbs) made a short night of it when she
stopped Simona Pencakova of Medzev, Slovakia at 1:14 into the second
round by
TKO. Pencakova fell to 0-1-1.

On September 17, 2005 at
Harzlandhalle in Ilsenburg, Germany,
Susianna TKO'd Renata Vesecka of the Czech Republic at 0:58 in the
fourth round. Vesecka fell to 2-7-0 (2 KO's).

On October 29, 2005 at TURM
Erlebnis City in Orianenburg, Germany, Susianna
TKO'd Svetla Taskova of Sofia, Bulgaria at 1:08 in the second round of
a
scheduled six rounder. Taskova fell to 4-12-1 (1 KO) with the loss.

On January 14, 2006 at
Ballhaus-Arena in Aschersleben,
Staßfurt, Germany,
in front of a sold-out arena, Susianna TKO'd pro debut fighter Emilina
Metodieva
of Bulgaria in the fourth round of a scheduled six-rounder.

Susi
vs. Evgenia Zablotskaja

On
April 15, 2006 at the
Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany, Susianna returned to the ring
after a
three-month layoff following surgery to her right elbow.
According to WBAN
correspondent Torben Lodberg, "Her performance left nobody in doubt
that she is
back at full strength. Her opponent, Evgenia Zablotskaja of Russia made
her pro
debut, after a good amateur career. Although she had a distinctive
height and
reach advantage, it couldn't prevent her from being "run over" by a
very
aggressive Kentikian, who used her speed to outbox the taller opponent.
After
1:32 into the second round Zablotskaja's corner threw the towel to
prevent
further punishment."

On July 28, 2006 at Sportschule Sachenwald near
Hamburg, Germany, Susianna (112 lbs) won a 10-round
unanimous (98-92,98-92,99-91)
decision over Daniela Graf (110½ lbs) of
Karlsruhe for the International German
title. Fought in 100-degree heat and high humidity that had
brought
most of Europe to a standstill, the
18-year-old (dubbed 'The Pitbull' by her sparring partners) drove Graf
all round
the ring for twenty minutes without ever quite getting a grip. "It
was very
hot," explained Kentikian. "As early as the first
round, I was fighting
for breath."According
to WBAN correspondent Torben Lodberg, "Although
the score may suggest a one sided fight, this was by no means the case.
Daniela
Graf came well prepared for Kentikian's fighting style, and managed to
put up a
much better defence, than Kentikian's previous 11 opponents - nine of
who were
stopped before time. Graf, who fought 10 rounds against Julia Sahin in
October
of last year, also managed to put Kentikian under pressure throughout
the bout.
Kentikian probably faced more incoming fire than in her in all her
previous
fights put together. But Kentikian's fast hands and excellent footwork
made the
difference in this fight. Kentikian piled up points on good
combinations
throughout the bout, and her swift body movements made Graf miss a lot
of
punches. Daniela Graf had her best moments when she managed to get on
the
inside." Graf fell to 3-5-1 with the loss.

On September 9, 2006 at the
Bördelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany, Susianna (112
lbs) won the WIBF Intercontinental Flyweight title with a fourth-round
TKO over
Maribel Zurita
(111¼ lbs) of San Antonio, Texas, who
fell to 8-8-1 (1 KO) with the loss. The fight was stopped when Zurita
was cut,
with some controversy over whether it was by an accidental head-butt or
by a
legal blow.

On November 21, 2006 at the
Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany, Susianna (112
lbs) won by a TKO at 1:35 in the fourth round over Maja Frenzel (111¼
lbs) of
Karlsruhe, Germany, defending the WIBF Intercontinental Flyweight
title. Frenzel
fell to 8-6-2 (1 KO) with the loss.

On February 16, 2007 at the
Fight Night Arena in Köln,
Germany, Susianna ( lbs) won the vacant WBA
Flyweight title with TKO at o:27 in the ninth-round over previously
unbeaten
Carolina Alvarez ( lbs) of Venezuela. As
reported
by Wolfgang
Schiffbauer of Fightnews.com, "Susianna Kentikian captured
the vacant WBA
Female Flyweight title by ninth round TKO against tough but completely
outclassed Carolina Alvarez from Venezuela. Alvarez was very wild with
her
punches, had nearly no defense and was unable to get away from
Kentikian’s hard
counters. Kentikian couldn’t miss with her punches during the first
five rounds.
In the sixth, however, Alvarez had some success as she was able to
corner
Kentikian and land a good right hand later in the round. But still,
Kentikian
won the round because she was way more effective with her punches.
Kentikian
showed good ring generalship, very good reflexes and great stamina.
Alvarez made
it a difficult fight because of her wild style and her warrior
mentality but was
no match for Kentikian. Alvarez tried to turn the page in the eighth
but
Kentikian landed more clean punches. In the ninth, finally, the referee
stopped
the bout as Alvarez was once again taking everything thrown by
Kentikian."
Several commentators were puzzled by the reason for the stoppage,
however, as
Alvarez did not seem to be in any greater difficulty in the ninth than
in
earlier rounds. Alvarez fell to 8-1-1
(4 KO's).

On March 30, 2007 at Kölner
Arena, Köln, Germany, a crowd of 19,500 saw
Susianna (112 lbs) TKO Marie Jose Nunez Anchorena of Asunción,
Paraguay
at 0:50 in the third round defending her WBA Flyweight belt. According
to WBAN
correspondent Torben L., "Anchorena turned out to be far too
open for a class
act like Kentikian. The Armenian born Kentikian was in control right
from the
start of the first round, although she began it at slower pace than
usual.
Anchorena paid for her sloppy defence 40 seconds into the second round,
when she
was sent to the floor by a hard right hand from Kentikian. She survived
the
round, but the writing was on the wall. The punishment continued in the
3rd
round, and the referee called a halt to the fight 50 seconds into the
round,
when Kentikian had Anchorena against the ropes and peppered her with a
combination of 4 to 5 hard blows, without anything coming back. So it
turned out
to be an easy day at the office for the WBA champion; probably too easy
for a
world championship fight." Anchorena fell to 5-2-0
(3 KOs).

On May 25, 2007 at the Fight
Night Arena in
Köln, Germany, Susianna
(112 lbs) won a
controversial ten-round split (97-93,98-92,93-97) decision over
Nadia Hokmi
(111 lbs) of Strasbourg, France
for the WBA Flyweight title. Kentikian started
better
then appeared to go into a lull in the middle of the fight, before
raising her game
again in the final rounds.

Unlike Susi's earlier opponents, Hokmi did not let Kentikian
settle down and wasn't intimidated by her always-aggressive style. Kentikian
improved to 17-0 with this win.

Susi Kentikian stopped Shanee Martin in September 2007

On September 7, 2007 in Düsseldorf,
Germany,
Susianna Kentikian successfully defended her WBA Flyweight title when
she TKO'd
Shanee Martin
of Colchester, England in the third round. Susianna dominated
the fight
and totally negated Martin's height and reach advantages with her
crisp punching and aggressiveness. Martin was bleeding from her nose
after the
second round and again when the bout was stopped in the
third.
According
to WBAN reporter Torben L.,
"Martin was unable to capitalise on her
reach advantage. Throughout the first round Kentikian stood her ground,
when
Martin came forward. She was able to dodge most of the Englishwoman's
jabs and
countered with her fast combinations, both high and low. Kentikian
sustained a
cut over her left eye late in the round, presumably caused by a clash
of heads.
Round 2 followed the same
pattern. Martin tried to keep Kentikian at bay with her jabs, but was
unable to deter her smaller opponent, who found and punished the
slightest
openings in Martin's defence. Kentikian frustrated Martin with double
jabs,
hooks and uppercuts coming from all angles, and as the round progressed
it
became abundantly clear that Martin was out of her depth. Kentikian
continued the chase in round 3 and caught Martin with some powerful
punches during the first part of the round. The end for the brave
English
girl came 1 minute into the round when Kentikian caught her with a
vicious
right to the chin, that sent her to the canvas. Martin got up on the
count
of four; she raised her gloves indicating, that she was ready to
continue,
but the Italian referee decided that he had seen enough and stopped the
fight." Martin fell to 8-4-0 (4 KOs).

On December 7, 2007 at Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in
Hamburg, Germany, Susi retained her WBA Flyweight Title and gained the
WIBF
Flyweight Belt recently vacated by Regina Halmich, with a 10-round
unanimous
decision over Nadia Hokmi of France. The judges scored the bout 97-94,
96-94
and 97-95 for Kentikian. WBAN correspondent Torben L.
reported
that "Particularly in the first rounds, the home town girl
succeeded with
combinations to the body of the taller Frenchwoman, often ending with
one or two
blows to the head once the guards came down. Hokmi scored most with her
left
jab, and looked best when she was able to keep the aggressive Kentikian
at
length. The good skills of Hockmi became evident when she was under
pressure on
the ropes. Susi Kentikian has stopped many of her former opponents,
when she
managed to catch them on the ropes and peppering them with punches from
all
angles. But Hockmi's good defensive skills enabled her to weather the
storm and
only let fairly few punches slip through her guard, when Kentikian had
her
backed up against the ropes. Kentikian's quick reflexes made her (a)
difficult
target for Hokmi, while her fast hands found their target frequently
and adding
up on the scorecards. But it was far from one-way traffic. Hokmi got
through
with some telling right hands as well as her left jab, and looked
especially
strong in the 5th and 8th round. Kentikian suffered a small cut over
her left
eye in the ninth round, while Hokmi was bleeding from the nose
throughout most
of the fight." Hockmi fell to 8-6-1
(5 KOs).

On February 29, 2008 at the
Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany,
Susi (112 lbs) TKO’d Sarah Goodson
(110 lbs) of
Arkansas, USA at 0:57 in the third round of a scheduled 10-rounder for
the WBA
and WIBF Flyweight belts. According to WBAN
correspondent Torben L., "Round one started fairly slow for
Kentikian's standards.
The Hamburg girl did give some examples of her skill with beautiful
combinations, but she seemed to hold back. Goodson had little luck with
her
attempts to connect, and usually was punished for leaving herself too
open, when
she did try. Kentikian stayed in control in round two, which also began
relatively slow. The pressure was increased in the middle of the round,
and
Goodson took a series of punches both high and low, from the world
champion.
Again Kentikian took her foot off the speeder, and the round ended
relatively
quiet.At the end of round three, Goodson was caught by a perfectly
delivered
right uppercut from Kentikian, and this time she continued the
pressure. Backed
up against the ropes, Goodson's only answer was covering up her face,
which gave
Kentikian the opportunity to work the body of her completely over
challenged
opponent. The referee stopped the fight." Kentikian
improved to
20-0-0 (15 KOs) with the win while Goodson fell to 26-16-1 (9 KOs).

On
May 10, 2008 at Sporthalle Brandberge in Halle an der Saale,
Germany Susianna Kentikian (112 lbs) won
a stunning TKO at 1:53 of the first round over Mary Elizabeth Ortega
(110¼
lbs) of the United States defending the WBA / WIBF world Flyweight
titles. As
reported
by WBAN correspondent Torben L., "Kentikian caught Ortega
with a
left-right combination that sent Ortega to the floor 50 seconds into
the round.
20 seconds later Kentikian hit the target with another hard right hand,
that
made Ortega's legs buckle, but she managed to stay on her feet, much to
the
surprise for Kentikian who was already heading for the neutral corner.
The
relentless attack from Kentikian continued, and Ortega had to
take another 8
count after being knocked down about 90 seconds into the round. She was
visibly
shaken when she got off the floor the second time, but the referee let
the fight
go on, keeping a close eye on Ortega. However, he decided to
stop the fight 10
seconds before the end of the round, after Ortega was backed up against
the
rope, unable to block much of the incoming fire. The United States
boxer
immediately protested against the stoppage---although her corner did
not seem to
join in the protests. Most boxing folks had expected a long and hard
fought
fight that could go either way. That includes the former WIBF world
champion
Regina Halmich who co-hosted the event, who predicted very hard work
for
Kentikian. The world champion stated in the post fight interview, that
she had
anticipated the fight to go the distance, but she was obviously pleased
with the
way it turned out."
Video--You
TubeFight
Report with photos Ortega
fell to 30-5-2 (8 KO's).

Kentikian was awarded WBAN
Fighter of the Month for June 2008 on the strength of
this victory.

On
August 30, 2008 at Burg-Waechter Castello in Düsseldorf, Germany, Susianna Kentikian (111¾ lbs) had to dig deep
to retain her WBA and WIBF Flyweight titles against a very determined
and top fit Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer (110 lbs) of Israel. According to
WBAN's correspondent, Kentikian had problems coping with the unorthodox
and aggressive boxing style of Shmoulefeld Finer. Kentikian usually
goes forward and controls the action in her fights, but the experienced
Israeli didn't allow her to do that. Finer kept Kentikian busy in the
early rounds, and her good defense prevented the champion from doing
much damage with her fast combinations. Kentikian had difficulty
finding the range, especially in the first half of the fight, and
probably gave two or three of the first five rounds away to the
challenger. The second half of the fight saw Kentikian
standing her ground and seeking to fight inside, instead of going
backwards and counter boxing Shmoulefeld Finer. This eliminated the
reach advantage of the taller Shmoulefeld, and Kentikian's combinations
began to work. The champion got through with some telling punches, but
they hardly showed any effect on the game Shmoulefeld. The last three
rounds were toe to toe, and although both fighters showed signs of
fatigue, it looked as if the larger number of telling punches from the
champion had taken its toll on the Israeli fighting machine. The judges
scored the fight 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91, all in favor of Kentikian. Finer
slipped to 17-7-3 (4 KO's).

On December 5, 2008 at
Sporthalle Brandberge in Halle an der Salle, Germany,
Susi (111½ lbs) defended her WBA and WIBF
flyweight titles with a ten-round unanimous (98-92,98-92,99-91)decision
over her sometime sparring partner
Anastasia Toktaulova
(110½ lbs) of Russia.
According
to WBAN correspondent Torben L., "Kentikian usually
tears into her opponents from the first bell, but she made a fairly
slow start against Toktaulova. She controlled the centre of the ring,
and only displayed some of her fireworks in the last third of the
round. Toktaulova used her footwork to keep herself out of harms way,
and was also able to make her mark with some telling punches. The
picture repeated itself in the following rounds. Toktaulova succeeded
in keeping Kentikian at bay, using her reach advantage, but suffered
when Kentikian managed to get in close, and throw her combinations. The
pace went up in Round five, when the challenger came forward right from
the start. She succeeded in catching Kentikian with some good right
hands, but Kentikian tended to get through with one or two more punches
than Toktaulova in the close up exchanges that ensued later in the
round. Kentikian increased the pressure over the next four rounds - no
doubt chasing the knock out she had predicted - but the Russian refused
to let herself be intimidated by the aggressive 10 year younger world
champion. Toktaulova took the some hard punches, but kept fighting
back, and used her experience and ring craft to stay in the fight. The
10th round was a toe to toe battle, in which Kentikian showed why she
is the world champion, displaying her punching repertoire, speed and
not least her fighting heart." Kentikian improved
to 23-0 (16 KO's) with the win while Toktaulova fell to 13-10 (2 KO's).

WBAN named Susi Kentikian its
Top European Boxer of the Year for 2008.

On
March 20, 2009 at Sporthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany, Susi (111½ lbs) won a clear 10-round
unanimous (100-90,100-90,100-91) decision over
Elena Reid (112
lbs) of Arizona, defending the WBA and WIBF Flyweight titles.
According
to WBAN correspondent Torben L.: "Elena Reid was
far from her former glory in last night's challenge for the WBA-WIBF
Flyweight titles against Susi Kentikian. The experienced Reid seemed
passive and without a game plan, or, if she had one, unable to carry it
out. Kentikian took control from the first bell, and didn't have much
trouble getting through the American's very ineffective guard. Reid
showed little imitative and was too slow to catch her younger opponent.
She received quite a punishment throughout the 10 rounds, as Kentikian
got through with her combinations without much difficulty. Reid proved
she is no quitter in the ring, and she absorbed everything the hard
punching champion threw at her." The 21-year-old Kentikian
improved her pro record to
24-0-0 (16 KOs) while
dropping the 27-year-old Reid's to 19-5-6 (5 KOs).

On October 10, 2009 at Stadthalle in Rostock,
Germany, Susi Kentikian (111¾ lbs) again remained undefeated when she
won a 10-round unanimous (98-92,96-94,97-93) decision over WIBF Junior
Flyweight champion Hulya Sahin
(110¾ lbs) of Cologne, Germany. Kentikian had some problems with
Sahin’s speed and power throughout the fight but scored with frequent
flurries of punches that kept the 35-year-old Sahin covering up in
peek-a-boo stance despite early success with power shots. For
several mid-fight rounds, Kentikian had problems maintaining the work
rate necessary to keep Sahin thinking about defense but she was able to
ramp up her effort for toe to toe action in the late rounds to earn an
edge on the scorecards. Kentikian improved to 26-0-0 (16
KOs) while Sahin fell
to 20-1 (2 KO's) with her first professional loss.

On April 24, 2010 at Alster Sporthalle in Hamburg,
Germany
Susi Kentikian (110½
lbs) won a controversial split (96-94, 96-94. 95-96) decision
over Nadia Raoui
(110 lbs) of
Herne, Germany for the WBA, WBO and WIBF Flyweight
titles. The fight, which was the Main Event and shown live on
ZDF was fought at an extremely high pace and was one of the best
women's bouts ever seen in Germany, according to reports received by
WBAN. Kentikian
appeared to struggle in many rounds as she was outpunched and
outlanded by
the aggressive Raoui's cleaner and straighter shots, but she landed
enough of her own to persuade two judges to award her a close
decision. That decision
advanced Kentikian's record to 27-0 (16 KO's) while dropping Raoui's to
11-1-1 (3 KO's).[Video]

On
July 17, 2010 at the Sport and Congress Center in Schwerin,
Germany Susi Kentikian (112 lbs) and Arely
Mucino (111¼ lbs) of Mexico fought
to a "no Contest", ending at 0:12 in the third round of a scheduled
ten-rounder for the WIBF, WBA and WBO Flyweight titles . The fight was
stopped due to an unintentional head butt that injured Kentikian. The
judges' scores at the time of the stoppage were 19-19, 19-19, and 18-20
(for Mucino).
[Video]
[Photo
of injury]

Kentikian switched
from Universum
to the Magdeburg based SES Boxing, after Universum lost its TV contract
with ZDF. SES provided line streaming video coverage
of
Kentikian's fight with Arrazola at bilde.de.

On October 22, 2011 at
Brandenburg Halle in
Frankfurt, Germany, Susi Kentikian (111¼ lbs) won
a clear
ten-round unanimous
(100-90 x 3) decision over 19-year old Teeraporn
Pannimit (5'0", 110¾ lbs) from Ayutthaya, Thailand for the WBA, WBO and
WIBF Flyweight titles. Kentikian became more aggressive against the
durable but overmatched Pannimit as the fight progressed and
seemed on the verge of stopping her late in the
fight.
Kentikian improved to 29-0 (16 KO's) while Pannimit,
who has
lost all
three of her fights outside Thailand, fell to 14-4 (5 KO's).

On May 16, 2012 at the Brandenburg Halle in
Frankfurt, Germany, Melissa
McMorrow (111¼ lbs) of
San Francisco, California, USA won
a ten-round majority (95-95,96-94,96-94) decision
over Susi Kentikian (112 lbs) for the WBA, WBO
and WIBF Flyweight titles. McMorrow won
the opening rounds with her consistent attack and relentless
combination punching, then held
off a determined comeback by an
increasingly aggressive Kentikian, who said
in a post-fight interview:"I am very very sad. Melissa was
a lot of pressure. I did not think that I laid back. I want a rematch."
Kentikian showed obvious displeasure with the verdict (the draw was
called by the referee while both ringside judges had scored the affair
narrowly for the visitor who had set the early pace of the fight),
McMorrow improved her record
to 7-3-3 (0 KO's) with the win while Kentikian dropped to
29-1 (16 KO's). [Video]

On December 1, 2012 at Burg-Waechter Castello in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Carina Moreno
(112 lbs) of Watsonville, California won a ten-round split
(96-94,96-94,93-97) decision over Susi Kentikian (111 lbs) for the WBA
Flyweight title. Former world champion Yvonne Caples, who now lives in Germany, reported to WBAN that: "Carina used a quick double jab to frustrate Susi and kept a
steady barrage of punches coming. Although every punch that Susi
landed was punctuated by the crowd’s cheers, Carina answered
with 4-5 punches." Moreno, who had lost four of her previous five fights, improved her record to 23-5-0 (6 KO's) with this win. [Full report and video].

On February 1, 2013 at the SS
Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany, Susi Kentikian returned to the
winner's circle with a ten-round unanimous (99-90½,98-93,97½-92)
decision over Sanae Jah of Belgium for the interim WBA Flyweight title.
Kentikian moved her record to 30-2 (16 KO's) with the win while
Jah fell to 7-1-0 (2 KO's).

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